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After the government publicly praise Dedsec for their role in the Zero Day affair, there is a resetting of relations between the surveillance state and the public. However, the reality is that a brand new clampdown on civil freedom is underway. Responding to an increase in activism and disruptive protest that’s seen mass strikes and huge cost implications to the treasury, SIRS have been directed by the Department of Culture and Media to orchestrate a system of message manipulation, fake news generation and discrediting dissenting voices.

This is the 3rd part in a mythological mystery saga inspired by the Mahabharata. Dr. Verma, Jayant, and the Shrimant family, alongside Rohan’s legacy, find themselves on a journey to uncover ancient truths sought by the Mumukshus. As they delve deeper, the Shrimant family reaches a critical juncture where Rohan’s truth transforms into the biggest lie of their lives. Though they stand far from the ancient truths that have emerged from centuries-old, forgotten history, someone has already prepared to offer them as sacrifices in a divine ritual.

In the scorching heat of the Turanian summer, Thraxas is doing his best to avoid working. His plans for a spell of uninterrupted beer drinking go wrong when the Civil Guards arrest a man for murder, right in Thraxas's office. Outraged at this insult to his dignity, Thraxas goes into action. Soon he finds himself in the middle of a deadly war between rival bands of warrior monks. The situation becomes more complicated when a consignment of the King's gold goes missing.

The Hierarchy still call me Vis Telimus. Still hail me as Catenicus. They still, as one, believe they know who I am. But with all that has happened—with what I fear is coming—I am not sure it matters anymore. I am no longer one. I won the Iudicium and lost everything—and now, impossibly, the ancient device beyond the Labyrinth has replicated me across three separate worlds. A different version of myself in each of Obiteum, Luceum, and Res. Three different bodies, three different lives.

Half-Fae, half-human Bryce Quinlan loves her life. Every night is a party and Bryce is going to savour all the pleasures Lunathion - also known as Crescent City - has to offer. But then a brutal murder shakes the very foundations of the city, and brings Bryce's world crashing down. Two years later, Bryce still haunts the city's most notorious nightclubs - but seeking only oblivion now. Then the murderer attacks again. And when an infamous Fallen angel, Hunt Athalar, is assigned to watch her every footstep, Bryce knows she can't forget any longer.

How do you imprison the world’s most powerful supervillains and make sure they can’t escape? The Trench, a supermax prison at the bottom of the deepest part of the Pacific Ocean—toss them in and throw away the key. “Inescapable” doesn’t even begin to describe this place. Even if I could get past the power dampeners and multiple layers of security, where am I going to go? Oh yeah, did I mention I am now the Trench’s newest inmate because I refused to give up being a masked crimefighter?

Jack Boniface is having a weird day. Considering himself above the voodoo beliefs of his father and community back in New Orleans, Jack left his hometown to pursue his intellectual dreams at NYU. Normally, Jack is confident in his ultrarational approach to the world, but this morning he swears he can sense things moving in the shadows and keeps having the strangest daydreams about a hideous monster. Below New Orleans lies the Deadside, where Baron Samedi rules over a pantheon of Lwa—voodoo gods.

My name is Sawyer William Vincent - I know, it sounds like three first names - but most people know me as the Red Raptor. Well, technically no one knows I'm the Red Raptor, he's just a bit more popular. Wow. Enough about my name. Let me start over. I’m a superhero - the legendary Black Harrier’s partner. Not sidekick. I don't care if I'm still in high school. We work together to bring down the city's most dangerous villains. When the Black Harrier gets a mysterious note, then goes missing in New York City, things are pretty much left up to me. But don’t worry...I’ve got this.

Lev opens his eyes on an entirely new planet, feeling like he was granted a miraculous second chance until he realizes just what kind of world he is in. Monsters thrive on Monarch, the planet riddled with endless hordes. Hunters and Adventurers don't chase glory, they ensure that humanity continues to persist. Armed with two titles of unfathomable power, apprenticed under an obscenely strong mage, and accompanied by a precious found family, Lev is going to do his utmost to not just survive, but to thrive on the harrowing planet.

When the System brought all humans into Eldera, Zayn was supposed to die. Instead he fell into the Hell Zone. Forsaken by the Tutorial, he is trapped here, with everything trying to kill him. And for the first time in his life, he feels alive. He will wager his life on every fight, every fall, gaining feats as he goes. For he is a Stoneheaded madman, smashing a path open with his fists. A Wanton Bandit who'll rip the bloodline out of anything that bleeds. But worst of all…he's a pest. An Undying Cockroach who keeps crawling back no matter how hard he falls.

Mientras Perdido se recupera de la inundación, propone la construcción de un dique que impida una nueva catástrofe. Sin embargo, con las obras comenzarán las corrientes impredecibles y las desapariciones. Mientras tanto, en el clan Caskey, la matriarca Mary-Love ve cómo sus intereses chocan con los de Elinor, su misteriosa nuera. Las tensiones entre ambas amenazan con destruir el pueblo entero. En Perdido se avecinan grandes cambios, y las consecuencias serán devastadoras. Descubre el segundo volumen de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal.

Mentre Perdido es recupera de la inundació, s'inicia la construcció d'un dic que impedeixi una nova catàstrofe. Però amb les obres començaran les correntades sobtades i les desaparicions. Mentrestant, al clan Caskey, la matriarca Mary-Love veu com els seus interessos xoquen amb els de l'Elinor, la seva misteriosa NORA. Les tensions entre totes dues amenacen de destruir el poble sencer. Es preparen grans canvis a Perdido, i les conseqüències seran devastadores. Descobreix el segon volum de la saga Blackwater. Una saga matriarcal. Dones poderoses que lluiten pel poder durant generacions.

Oram's journey from average Joe to hero begins when he's transported into his favorite game. Lucky for him, he still has access to his Early Backer class, the Phylomancer, a mage class that learns spells and abilities by binding others to him. To become a master of the fantasy world of Aerda, Oram will need to embrace his role as a Phylomancer. Along the way, he will forge powerful bonds with his companions, a beautiful Elven Ranger, a fierce Priestess of the icy North, and a deadly and seductive Demon Assassin.

Crimefighting is illegal, punishable by life in prison at the bottom of the ocean. It sucks. But that won't stop me from doing what I was born to do: uphold justice and stop good people from being hurt. Even if everyone I once called a friend is against me, I'm not bowing down to the Counter Vigilante Taskforce.

Chains shattered. A Holy Child slain. The whole world wants his head. Percy committed the unthinkable—he killed the Holy Child, a sadistic noble who enslaved his best friend. Branded a heretic and a monster, he’s now the target of every bounty hunter, zealot, and power-hungry mage looking to claim his life for glory. Armed with a powerful bloodline, a brand-new blessing, an evolving familiar, and the ancient wisdom of Zoris—a fallen god bound to a cursed ring—Percy must carve his way through Remior’s strongest champions.

Just as Jax was on the cusp of reaching his dream, the universe extended its system to Earth, ending civilization and remaking the world. Now instead of staring at spreadsheets, Jax trades his cubicle for monsters and dungeons. After wrestling a mutated wolf—as you do—Jax ends up in a trial dungeon where he has to fight for his life and a legacy he never asked for. Beating the dungeon earns Jax a class the universe hasn't heard of in eons: Ironwrought Summoner.

Wow. Who saw that coming? I know I didn’t. As you know, I’m the Red Raptor. Now that things have...changed, I’ve asked my friend Amy to help tell the story. No, seriously, she’s just a friend. I mean - I guess if it were up to me? But...no. Okay, so there’s a new threat - a bunch of punks called the Neon Knights. They’re causing mayhem, armed with some kind of plasma-photon-light weapons that I can’t even begin to understand, and as usual, I’ve gotta stop them. However, this time I’ve got help. That’s right, I formed my own superteam. One for the ages.

Soltanto perdendo coloro che ama, Corban imparerà il vero prezzo del coraggio. Le Terre dell'Esilio hanno un passato violento, in cui eserciti di uomini e di giganti si scontrarono in battaglia, scurendo la terra con il sangue nero dei loro cuori. Anche se i clan dei giganti sono stati spazzati via in ere ormai remote, le loro fortezze in rovina continuano a segnare come cicatrici la terra degli uomini.

En un futuro cercano, siete años después de que un cometa golpeara la Tierra y oscureciera el sol, el mundo es un paisaje oscuro y congelado. Y entonces, emergen criaturas bestiales y toman el control. ¿Podrían ser realmente vampiros?

Su Fang arrives in a realm of cultivation unprepared—no skills, no knowledge, and no backing. Like everyone else in this new world, he is given a blessing from the Heavenly Dao to help him success, but Su Fang's blessing isn’t power over the elements or mastery of profound arts. No, it takes a brutal lesson to teach him that he’s been ‘blessed’ with repetition. Every time he dies, he returns to the moment of his arrival. The young cultivator uses each reset to grind skills, refine his inner essence, and empower his very soul, using only the memories of countless failures.